Memorial names two to behavioral health posts

by nfpintern

Press release

Tue, Jul 2nd 2013 01:10 pm

Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center has appointed
two new clinical managers in its inpatient behavioral health unit. The
appointments were announced by Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer
Joanne Krolewski, R.N., B.S.N.

Ronald Jozwiak, R.N.,
B.A., has been
appointed director of Inpatient Behavioral Health. A registered professional
nurse with nearly 40 years of hands-on experience in fast-paced hospital
environments, Jozwiak is a graduate of Trocaire College and the State
University at Buffalo. His background includes 16 years as a behavioral health
nurse manager at Buffalo General Hospital, where he supervised four inpatient
psychiatric units as well as the psychiatric emergency room.

Jozwiak most recently served as program
director for Acute Medical Rehabilitation at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, where
he was responsible for clinical outcomes, budgeting, strategic planning,
program development and day-to-day operations.

Debra Boyne, R.N., has been promoted to clinical
coordinator for Inpatient Behavioral Health. Boyne, who holds a Bachelor of
Science in Nursing from Niagara University, has been a staff nurse in
Memorial's inpatient behavioral health service since 1984 and a staff nurse at
the Buffalo Veterans Administration Medical Center since 2008.

She has wide-ranging experience, including
supervisory experience, in all phases of inpatient behavioral health care and
has worked extensively with military veterans.

Memorial's inpatient behavioral health service provides stabilization and
multi-disciplinary treatment that includes medical care, social work,
rehabilitation therapy and peer advocate support services along with referrals
for outpatient care.